"When life hands you a lemon, make lemonade." The wingnut Sharron Angle actually said that when explaining why she's opposed to abortions for rape and incest victims.

by Anonymous

reply 15

08/20/2010

There's what's right and there's what's right, and ne'er the twain shall meet

by Anonymous

reply 16

08/20/2010

Hi, you're young and you got your health, what do you want with a job?

by Anonymous

reply 17

08/20/2010

"In for a penny, in for a pound." What the hell does a pound have to with a penny?

by Anonymous

reply 18

08/20/2010

Same as "in for a dime, in for a dollar", r18. Except it's in the UK.%0D %0D It means "once you have invested in a project you must go through with it, even if that involves much more expense that you expected"

by Anonymous

reply 19

08/20/2010

"I'm not here to make friends..."

by Anonymous

reply 20

08/20/2010

[quote]"I could care less" was sarcastic

Very, very rarely. Most of the time, people are just idiots.

by Anonymous

reply 21

08/20/2010

"Turn the other cheek." Yeah, right. "Be a pussy" is more like it. What fag came up with that?

by Anonymous

reply 22

08/20/2010

I'll tell you, but then I might have to kill you.

by Anonymous

reply 23

08/20/2010

"Pretty is as pretty does" and all its variations.%0D %0D I never, ever understood what that meant.

by Anonymous

reply 24

08/20/2010

"epic fail", "that's so random"

Ugggh, fucking OVER it.

by Anonymous

reply 25

08/20/2010

"massive fail" - anything "________ cail"

Especially used by anyone over the age of 14.

by Anonymous

reply 26

08/20/2010

That would be "______ fail"

by Anonymous

reply 27

08/20/2010

I gave it 110%!

by Anonymous

reply 28

08/20/2010

At the end of the day

by Anonymous

reply 29

08/20/2010

I'd like to extend R28 to anything said on a reality tv programme.

"It was such an emotional journey!"

"This is the most imporant day OF MY LIFE"

by Anonymous

reply 30

08/20/2010

What are you going to do?

by Anonymous

reply 31

08/20/2010

"earrings%0D %0D caftan"

by Anonymous

reply 32

08/20/2010

"If I could just change one persons life then it would be worth it".

Fuck You

by Anonymous

reply 33

08/20/2010

it was in the last place I looked...%0D really, did you keep looking after you found it?%0D %0D

by Anonymous

reply 34

08/20/2010

"It's a no-brainer."

by Anonymous

reply 35

08/20/2010

Please tell me you're kidding, R15. For the love of God, tell me you're kidding that she said it!

by Anonymous

reply 36

08/20/2010

"There's more than ping pong in the life of a ching chong."

by Anonymous

reply 37

08/20/2010

"Just remember, God never gives you more than you can handle."

What a piece of shit thing to say to someone whose life is circling the drain.

by Anonymous

reply 38

08/20/2010

"All over it like white on rice."%0D %0D

by Anonymous

reply 39

08/20/2010

"In a perfect world...." especially when uttered in sanctimonious tones.

by Anonymous

reply 40

08/20/2010

"I call bullshit."

by Anonymous

reply 41

08/20/2010

"We are the ones we've been waiting for."

by Anonymous

reply 42

08/20/2010

Along the lines of R38:

"What doesn't kill you makes you stronger"

by Anonymous

reply 43

08/20/2010

"you bet your ass"

by Anonymous

reply 44

08/20/2010

"Yes we can!"*

*Well, we could, but we probably won't. Subject to capricious limitations. Not valid if effort is required or inconvenience may be incurred. Only at participating locations. Someday. Be patient.

by Anonymous

reply 45

08/20/2010

The offensive, but still bantered about freely:

"That is so gay".

by Anonymous

reply 46

08/21/2010

"I'm just saying"

by Anonymous

reply 47

08/21/2010

I hate it when people say, "He happens to be gay." I understand they're trying to say that sexuality is arbitrary, but it sounds so stupid. I always want to say, "God, I hate when that happens."

"I'm gay, but I'm so much more than just gay." Oh, okay, Mary.

by Anonymous

reply 48

08/21/2010

"karma"

"Have a blessed day."

"What goes around comes around."

"God does not make mistakes."

by Anonymous

reply 49

08/21/2010

[quote]really? I thought it was a dumb Americanism...

Of course you did.

by Anonymous

reply 50

08/21/2010

I LOATHE when fraus say: "Yeppers!".

by Anonymous

reply 51

08/21/2010

"God don't like ugly".

Then why the Hell do so many good things happen to people who shit on the world?

by Anonymous

reply 52

08/21/2010

"Live each day as though it were your last."%0D %0D Pseudo-profund advice, what is it supposed to mean? How would you get the max out of a 24 hour period even if you knew for certain that it was to be your last? And would you really have the strength to put yourself (and everyone else around you) through that sort of test every day?

by Anonymous

reply 53

08/21/2010

Every day you are one day closer to death, R53.

Time's a wastin'.

by Anonymous

reply 54

08/21/2010

[quote] "Pseudo-profund"

Oh, dear.

by Anonymous

reply 55

08/21/2010

["God don't like ugly".]

R52 I always thought this was a corruption of "God don't make ugly" - a saying which is as easy to disprove by simply going to Wal-Mart.

by Anonymous

reply 56

08/23/2010

God made Adam and Eve. Not Adam and Steve. LOL.

by Anonymous

reply 57

08/23/2010

"People are people"

by Anonymous

reply 58

08/23/2010

Any dumbass management-speak: Let's run it up the flagpole ballpark figures bluesky thinking etc etc but especially odious is any management speak that tries to be war or military related 'Clusterfuck' 'the guys from purchasing are in their war room' 'we'd be ok if we didn't have so many FNGs in sales' and of course any middle manager, or anyone really, who quotes from The Art Of War.

by Anonymous

reply 59

08/23/2010

A bit more philosophical but here goes:

I was always annoyed by the "golden rule" which, at first glance, seems to make sense in a fuzzy touchy feely love your fellowman kind of way. According to Wiki, the Golden Rule is:

The Golden Rule or ethic of reciprocity is an ethical code, or a morality[2], that states (in four forms, see table below) the following:

One should treat others according to how one would like others to treat one's self (positive, passive form)

Treat others as you would like to be treated (positive, active form)

One should not treat others in ways one would not like to be treated (prohibitive, passive form)

Do not treat others in ways you would not like to be treated (prohibitive, active form. Also called the Silver Rule)

Now all this is very nice on MY part. But it also empowers people to treat me according to THEIR value. And this statement assumes that people share the same values. But while I would extend help, for example, ,to a woman who wanted an abortion, others would not and they would be following the golden rule because they would not want someone helping their own daughter/friend in the same situation.

I would, obviously, agree that all adult humans can marry one other adult human regardless of gender (how carefully did I phrase that?) but too many others would not agree to that and can still follow the Golden Rule because they would not want it for themselves or their own families.

It might have been more meaningful at some point, but when we get the various religious fanatics point of views in the diverse cultures around the world (and in the US) this statement is meaningless.

by Anonymous

reply 60

08/23/2010

Have A Nice Day pissed me off for all of its banality only to replaced by Have A Blessed Day which pisses me off for all of its Christian fundy superiority.

by Anonymous

reply 61

08/23/2010

What goes up, must come down.

by Anonymous

reply 62

08/23/2010

I cannot believe nobody has mentioned "change is good", or any of the numerous variations on that theme. Moving from the Warsaw Ghetto to an extermination camp was "change", but it was not "good". Progress is good. Change is simply change. What I hate about this phase is that it is invariably used by someone pushing through his/her own agenda at the expense of others.

The other phrase I cannot stand is, "You cannot make an omelet without breaking the eggs." Again, this is usually used by someone who is destroying something that does not belong to him/her to promote his/her agenda. Actually, you can make an omelet by blowing out the eggs creating minimal damage. That kind of thinking is too prissy for the faux warriors that us the above phrase.

by Anonymous

reply 63

08/23/2010

One that drives me nuts because nobody says it correctly is, "You cannot have your cake and eat it too." Well, of course, you have to "have" you cake in order to eat it. The phrase is "You cannot eat you cake and have it too." This makes more sense

by Anonymous

reply 64

08/23/2010

My idiot of a father always says "case closed" to end an argument. Omfg, shut up.

by Anonymous

reply 66

08/23/2010

Pretty is as pretty does.

This means that the beauty a person has comes from the way he acts, not the way he looks.

The sentiment is ok, but it is overused.

The other day I heard: "Stupid is as stupid does." Maybe somebody can explain that to me.

by Anonymous

reply 67

08/23/2010

R61:

Right, and you can add, "Have a good one."

When I hear this stuff, I say, "Who's doing the blessing?" and "Have a good what?"

by Anonymous

reply 68

08/23/2010

I always want to quietly say Praise Ganesha but I work for a government relief office and these poor Christians have no sense of humor.

If it were a problem I wouldn't be thanking you, you stupid millenial fuck.

by Anonymous

reply 73

08/23/2010

"Well, you're entitled to your opinion."

Yes. As a sentient human being, I was already aware of that, you patronizing asshole.

Also, I wouldn't even call this an expression, but I find it really strange when people use "Okay" as an interjection, as if to show they're following what you're saying even when there can be no doubt that they are. For instance:

Strange person: Where are you from?

Me: I was born in New York City--

SP: Okay.

Me: --but I lived in Los Angeles for a long time--

SP: Okay. Okay.

Me: --and now I live in New York City again.

SP: Okay.

WTF?!

(Oh, another expression I hate: "WTF?!")

by Anonymous

reply 74

08/23/2010

R74, you're just angry, hon.

by Anonymous

reply 75

08/23/2010

All the corporate cliches:%0D %0D Roll up our sleeves%0D %0D Work hard, play harder%0D %0D 24/7%0D %0D On the same page%0D %0D Connect the dots%0D %0D For all the marbles%0D %0D Let's a)pow-wow b)do lunch c)take a meeting%0D %0D We are a)psyched b)jazzed up c)good to go%0D %0D Hit it out of the ballpark%0D %0D Home free%0D %0D %0D %0D %0D And the one I hate most:%0D %0D Think outside the box %0D

Another one kids say is "what happened?" instead of "what was that?" or "excuse me" when they didn't hear you. Even "huh?" would be better.%0D %0D "Hey Mike, are you hungry?"%0D %0D "What happened?"%0D %0D I always reply: "Nothing happened. I asked whether you were hungry."

by Anonymous

reply 79

08/23/2010

What goes around comes around.%0D %0D Karma is a bitch.%0D %0D It is what it is.%0D %0D It ain't over til it's over.

by Anonymous

reply 80

08/23/2010

"Think outside the box "

This is indeed the worst, R76. Not only is it a worn cliche, it's most often used as corporate babblespeak by management who just don't seem to get the irony of the situation.

Most businesses are built around putting things in boxes within boxes within boxes (inboxes, cubicles, boardrooms, departments, office buildings, blah blah blah), but they love to tell you to think outside them.

On those rare occasions when someone presents an idea that is genuinely "outside the box," that idea is instantly shot down, trampled upon, and the worker suddenly seen as an untrustworthy wildcard. It's frightening. And it keeps everyone else well within that box's safety...

by Anonymous

reply 81

08/23/2010

I'm going to sit on the fence over this.%0D %0D At the end of the day...

by Anonymous

reply 82

08/23/2010

The problem with you Americans is...

by Anonymous

reply 83

08/23/2010

It takes a village.

by Anonymous

reply 84

08/23/2010

R64 This bothered Ted Kaczynski too. The linguistic profilers were able to connect his letters with his other writings partly because he insisted on saying this properly.

Whenever someone tells me, "You have a good one!" I want to say, "Hey, thanks for noticing!"

Hate hate hate the blame-avoiding apology: "I'm sorry you were hurt." Yeah, but aren't you going to acknowledge that it was you who did the hurting, bitch? Worse still, "I'm sorry you feel that way."

I know this isn't a saying, but... service people shouldn't say, "You're welcome" when you thank them. They should say "Thank you" back. They aren't doing you a favor, and it's presumptuous. I worked in a nice restaurant once in college, and they insisted we *never* say, "You're welcome". If a reply of "Thank you" wouldn't work (say, a patron thanks you for refilling the coffee), "Yes, Sir/Ma'am" is adequate. I suppose I ought to be grateful that the service is respectful at all, but I can't. (No one else I know feels this way, but it drives me crazy.)

I hate, hate, HATE anyone who waxes philosophical about the latest mangement/leadership article/book they've just read which to anypone but the moron sharing their inspiration is common-sense but to that person is a ray of light. ("Thank people; it mnakes them feel good!") And from one of those books came my most-hated phrases. . .%0D %0D "Let's take care of the low-hanging fruit."%0D %0D You leave my boyfriend alone, you bitch.

by Anonymous

reply 89

08/23/2010

Almost every one of these sayings(excepting a few like "I'll pray for you") are self-evident and clear in meaning to anyone with a brain. You have to THINK a second about the meaning to get it. Some of you sound profoundly stupid.

by Anonymous

reply 90

08/23/2010

"This is going to hurt me more than it will hurt you."

You know they are so full of crap.

by Anonymous

reply 91

08/23/2010

R90's favorite book is "Who Moved my Cheese?"

by Anonymous

reply 92

08/23/2010

Saying it's stupid doesn't mean you don't get it.

by Anonymous

reply 93

08/23/2010

What's the one, when one door closes another one opens or some shit like that...

by Anonymous

reply 94

08/24/2010

"God never gives us more than we can handle".

by Anonymous

reply 95

08/24/2010

Q: Would you like something to eat?%0D A: No, I'm good.

by Anonymous

reply 96

08/24/2010

"Take Our Country Back"

David Letterman asked Brian Williams about this but neither one touched on the inherent bigotry in that slogan, a Williams seemed to deflect the truth to "The Trilateral Commission" and "banks."

by Anonymous

reply 97

08/24/2010

"Opinions are like assholes. Everyone has one."

Well, you know where and what my asshole is. My opinion, on the other hand...

by Anonymous

reply 98

08/24/2010

...you make my butt want a dip of snuff.

by Anonymous

reply 99

08/24/2010

"Love the sinner, hate the sin" = I can treat you like shit while ignoring all basic Christian teachings, and still maintain my sense of virtuousness. Pretty neat, huh?

by Anonymous

reply 100

08/24/2010

Well, R96, here on DL, eating in general is considered a gross self-indulgence. So proclaiming one's virtue by declining food might actually make sense in this forum...

by Anonymous

reply 101

08/24/2010

You say tomato, I say tomahto.

Bitch please, nobody says tomahto.

by Anonymous

reply 102

08/24/2010

r89, loved your post - so true!%0D %0D r102, thanks for the laugh!!

by Anonymous

reply 103

08/25/2010

I say "tomahto"!

by Anonymous

reply 104

08/25/2010

"If you can't take Mohamed to the mountain, bring the mountain to Mohamed"

by Anonymous

reply 105

08/25/2010

I'd rather owe you my whole life than cheat you out of it

by Anonymous

reply 106

08/28/2010

"level playing field"

If any member of the Minnesota Legislature were to be fined a nickel each time s/he used that phrase, the state wouldn't have a deficit.

by Anonymous

reply 107

08/28/2010

I also hate it when people say "I could care less", when the correct phrase is "I couldn't care less," indicating that the topic is so uninteresting to you that you would be unable to care any less about it. This is my usual retort to the improper use of this phrase:

"I could care less!"

"Then why don't you!"

*confused look*

by Anonymous

reply 108

08/28/2010

I'm really annoyed with the overuse of "it's like deja vu all over again!"

I actually called in on a public radio show where they had a linguistics expert on, talking about misused phrases and correct grammar. I asked her if this phrase was redundant. She said, in theory, it is, because deja vu is case where you feel like something has happened before, so in effect you would be feeling it currently in order to note the familiarity to a past event.

She also noted (which I did not know) was that this was a phrase popularized by Yogi Berra.

The reason I called in was because I had recently heard a local news anchor use the phrase in a newscast, after a story. I feel that although using this phrase is kind of "funny" because of its origins, it shouldn't be used by newscasters, who are supposed to be well-spoken.

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